Good evening, it's Wednesday, August 14th. This is the Jive
at Five, our daily community calendar and rundown of nighttime programming here
on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown. By day, WESU offers talk radio from NPR and
Pacifica, as well as independent and local public affairs sources. Weeknights
and weekends our student and community volunteers bring you the best in
free-form programming.
I’m Bill Denert, producer and host of Thursday night's
Evening Jazz where "hearing is the best experience" and Connecticut's
number 1 Washington Nationals fan! Thanx for joining us!
Here's some of what's happening in our area this week:
Today/Wednesday in Middletown, The Wesleyan RJ Julia
Bookstore hosts an evening of investigation with Joseph Theroux Alex.
The Russell Library hosts a workshop with The Bristol old
Time Fiddle club on Weds and their Veterans writing workshop happens on
Thursday evening. www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/
In New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight, you can catch Crunk Witch along with Alethea, Zero Years,
and Sketch Tha Cataclysm tonight/Wednesday.
Thursday DRINKDEEPLY AND BAG RADIO PRESENT a BACK TO SCHOOL
FUNDRAISER FOR FAMILY CENTERED SERVICES of New Haven, bring a back pack! This
Friday’s live Happy Hour music set is with ACOUSTIC SOUP (AL RAEBUCK &
STEVE BLANCHARD).
Friday night’s late show Features Americana Rock and
Rockabilly dude of legend, Deke Dickerson and Bloodshot Bill.
Café Nine Weekly Saturday afternoon Jazz Jam session is with
Tony Dioguardi and friends this week. Saturday night’s main event features
Hardcore Rock with Intercourse, Fashion Week, Lightkeeper, acid hands and more.
The Sunday Matinée brings THE MANCHURIANS and DUST HAT Stage, and they round
out the weekend with Café Nine Blues Jam featuring George Lesiw, kicking off at
8:30. http://www.cafenine.com/
On Friday at the Space Ballroom, Manic Presents Juice, Laini
and the Wildfire, and Nikita sharing a bill.
PREMIER CONCERTS AND MANIC PRESENTS Max Frost and SWELLS at The Ballroom
on Saturday. www.manicpresents.com
Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it's the Wednesday
community blues jam featuring GENE DONALDSON, and Liviu’s Invitational comes
your way on Thursday. KAL DAVID + LAURI BONO & THE REAL DEAL come your way
Friday night. The blues and soul, continue on Saturday with PAUL TOSCANO &
SPECIAL SAUCE. http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Tonight/Wednesday the State House in New Haven welcomes DC
Doom Rock pioneers, The Obsessed, fronted by Scott “Wino” Weinrich take the
stage, along with SinisterHaze, BoneChurch, Goatherder.
Midwest Punk band Off With Their Heads, plays at The
Statehouse with Single Mothers, and the Lost Riots Friday night.
The State House invites you to their 1 Year Anniversary
Celebration with neo-afrobeat group Underground System, future soul group Phat
A$tronaut, and DJ Shaki! Saturday and Sunday bring 2 days of The Lip Gloss
Crisis summer themed cabaret show the Sunday afternoon show is family friendly. www.statehousepresents.com
Tonight/Wednesday brings Boo-Yah’s Free Funk Wednesday to
Arch Street Tavern.
The Pratt Street Lunchtime Music series continues on
Thursday at noon with Joey Batts. Thursday, night Connecticut Historical
Society, presents Conjunto Guajiba y Sharina “La reinita que canta” who will
present jíbaro folk music, music from the rural countryside and mountains of
Puerto Rico.
Free Movies in the Parks presents Dumbo, Thursday night at
8:00 in Keeney Park. Thursday Real Art Ways also hosts their monthly Creative
Cocktail Hour. In addition to outdoor games, a fire pit and s’mores, This
month’s creative cocktail hour will also feature Live Salsa music with Nelson
Bello & Los Calientes. and exhibiting artist Binwanka (and WPKN DJ) will be in the main gallery spinning the
sounds in tandem with his video work.
CT State Troubadour, Nekita Waller performs at The Old
Statehouse Farmers Market in Hartford Friday at noon. Friday night at Bushnell
Park Free Movies in the Parks presents: Inside Out. Saturday, from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm the Dragon
Boat & Asian Festival returns to Mortensen Riverfront Plaza. Saturday and Sunday Brings Minefair, a
massive Minecraft-inspired experience, to The Ct Convention Center. www.hartford.com/events
At Infinity Norfolk, tonight/Wednesday you can catch Tab
Benoit. On Thursday, Walter Trout take the Infinity Norfolk stage. Friday night
Robert Earl Keen Stops by Infinity Norfolk and Saturday they feature a Rolling
Stones tribute band. John Mayall Performs at infinity Norfolk on Sunday. At
Infinity Hall Hartford you can catch Delbert McClinton. www.infinityhall.com
Thursday evening brings Shaking the Tree – Gong and Sound
Meditation to The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown and the Hearing Voices Network
with Jessica Miller happens there Friday at 12:30 pm. Friday evening you can catch guitarist and
vocalist, Waberi Jordan performing her unique style sculpted around jazz,
blues, and soul. Saturday afternoon Brings the Teen open mic to the buttonwood
and Saturday evening The Gibbonses a Texas Americana husband and wife duo take
the stage. www.buttonwood.org
Cherry Street Station in Wallingford hosts Traverse the
Abyss + The Muckrakers on Friday. Saturday brings Festival of the Dead II -
EOTDs 15 year anniversary featuring
Nasty disaster A.D., Continuum, Xenosis, Bonestorm , Crossing Rubicon and
many more loud rock bands..
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in
Central Connecticut:
Hartford’s Real Art Ways is now offering 5 screenings per
day of the documentary Maiden, through Thursday. Maiden is the inspirational
story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, became the
skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the
World Race in 1989. Friday they open MIKE WALLACE IS HERE. www.realartways.org
Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford concludes their
spotlight on Stanley Kubrick’s films this week. Tonight they open run of Full
Metal Jacket, which runs through Thursday. Friday they present an unrestored
showing of 2001 a Space odyssey with no digital tricks, remastered effects, or
revisionist edits to recreates the cinematic event that audiences experienced
fifty years ago. http://www.cinestudio.org/
Hartford’s Free Movies in the Parks series continues on
Thursday with “Dumbo” on at 8 pm in Keeney Park and “Inside out” on Friday at
8pm at Bushnell Park. www.hartford.com/events/
Here's the rundown of tonight’s lineup here on WESU 88.1 FM
Middletown:
Right after the Jive, stay tuned for the Latin Music Hour
with Isabel Calione, Latin music from the 80's 90's and early 2000s.
from 6-6:30pm stay tuned for Growing Greener with Tom
Christopher for 30 minutes of Gardening tips from leading experts in
sustainable gardening practices.
at 6:30 stay tuned
for Fusion Radio with James Fusion for 90 minutes of techno mixed live!
from 8-9:30 The Warehouse with Mike Nyce features the best of underground house music, mixed
live for your listening pleasure.
we keep our electronic Dance music going from 9:30-11pm on
The Vault with DJ Anton Banks.
Presents listeners with the latest in hard techno, minimal,
tech-house, and leftfield mixed live. Plus, exclusive music from international artists.
From 11pm-midnight, 80 Years of WESU with DJ Cheshire Cat
presents a a wide-ranging showcase of the music and media that WESU staff and
alumni feel represents our 80 years of history.
at Midnight, stick around for Noize in the Attic, Where Your
Past Comes Back To Haunt You. Serving Connecticut it’s hard rock fix of classic
Heavy Metal as well as the latest from the genre!
from 1-3am Gospel
Boogie with James Zurek offers secular exploration of up-tempo gospel music,
1945-1965.
At 3am, this summer
we'll be rebroadcasting the day's noon brodacst of Democracy Now! From
Pacifica.
And finally, rounding out the night from 4-5am is the BBC
World Report offering International news coverage and we kick off each weekday
at 5am with Morning Edition from NPR.
That's all for today's Jive at Five. Join us weekdays at
4:55 for a daily rundown of area happenings a rundown of evening programming on
WESU Middletown!
Thanx for listening! Now stay tuned for the Latin Music
Hour!
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